{"id":2520,"date":"2008-08-20T12:21:00","date_gmt":"2008-08-20T12:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/2008\/08\/20\/purch-lympics-semi-finals-day-2\/"},"modified":"2021-07-16T04:04:22","modified_gmt":"2021-07-16T08:04:22","slug":"purch-lympics-semi-finals-day-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/purch-lympics-semi-finals-day-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Purch-lympics Semi-Finals, Day 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So we have one successful day of the Purch-lympics behind us. On to Day 2 and five new essays!<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t miss updates on Procurement &amp; Supply Chain, Subscribe here!<\/p>\n<p>As a reminder, public votes determine each day\u2019s winner. The five daily winners in the semi-finals will have their essays compete in the finals on August 27 and 28. So here\u2019s what you do:<\/p>\n<p>1. Simply click the links below to read each essay.<\/p>\n<p>2. 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